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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1919. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... PREFACE The object of this book is to give English readers the material necessary for a full understanding of one of the greatest and most interesting Italian mystical poets: Jacopone da Todi, the typical singer of the Franciscan movement, the firstr writer of philosophic religious poetry, and perhaps the most picturesque figure in the history of early Italian literature. Three types of mind should find pleasure in Jacopone's work and personality. First, those interested in Christian mysticism; for he is among the most profound and individual of the thirteenth-century mystics. Next, lovers of poetry; who, even though they may not sympathise with his religious attitude, cannot fail to admire the magnificent poems in which it is expressed: mystical love-songs matching in the sphere of spiritual passion the most beautiful lyrics of his Tuscan and Bolognese contemporaries. Last, those who care for the Italy of St. Francis and his descendants--though without special inclination to its mystical thought or poetry --may be attracted by the human and tempestuous story of this man who was a friend of the heroes of the Fioretti, and who suffered in the interests of those ideals which they represent. Yet apart from one admirable article by Professor Edmund Gardner, a few references in works on the mediaeval mystics, and one or two translations by John Gray and others of his most celebrated poems, very little has been written upon Jacopone in English; and even Italian scholars have been content to leave much of his most characteristic work uncommentated. This is partly due to the fact that until nine years ago no trustworthy modern edition of his poetry existed. Even now, we do not possess a complete critical text. The publication in 1910 of Dr. Ferri's excellent re...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781150070495
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 126
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150070498
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 240 gr


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